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7:40 AM ET, November 16, 2014

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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Got him!  Jihadi John is ‘wounded in US airstrike that killed 10 top ISIS commanders at secret bunker meeting in Iraq’  —  Jihadi John, the Briton who beheaded two British and two American hostages held by Islamic State terrorists, has been injured in a US-led air strike, according to reports received by the Foreign Office.
David Jackson / USA Today:
Returning to U.S., Obama faces immigration and Iran  —  President Obama, who has made aggressive moves since Democratic losses on Election Day, faces more battles with newly empowered Republicans when he returns from his foreign trip Sunday.  —  In the wake of recent announcements …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Washington braces for immigration quake  —  Congress returned to Washington this week to find a Capitol transformed by the GOP's midterm wave and a bicameral scramble to approve an oil pipeline that few would have predicted just days earlier.  —  But for all the debate over Keystone politics …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Congressional Republicans consider using short-term funding bill to pressure Obama
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Hudson Hongo / Gawker:
Bill Cosby Responds to Rape Questions with Silence, Head-Shaking  —  On Saturday, Weekend Edition host Scott Simon ended an interview with Bill and Camille Cosby by asking the comedian point-blank for comment on the accusations by more than a dozen women of sexual assault.  In response, Cosby only shook his head.
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Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Bill Clinton Says He's Surprised by Midterm Loses  —  Former President Bill Clinton said Saturday that Democrats lacked a “national advertising campaign” in the recent midterm elections and that he's surprised many Senate races were not closer.  —  Clinton said in an interview with Politico …
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
1 small shirt for a man, 1 giant leap backward for women: Column  —  Better not to land a spaceship on a comet than let men wear sexist clothing.  —  So how are things going for feminism?  Well, last week they took one of the great achievements of human history — landing a probe from Earth …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Great Immigration Betrayal  —  IN the months since President Obama first seem poised — as he now seems poised again — to issue a sweeping executive amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants, we've learned two important things about how this administration approaches its constitutional obligations.
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Laura Gunderson / Oregonian:
Monica Wehby called John Kitzhaber after election about leading health agency, helping with reforms  —  Republican Monica Wehby speaks to supporters Tuesday after voters overwhelmingly re-elected Sen. Jeff Merkley.  The pediatric neurosurgeon says she's open to working in a more civic-minded job …
The National Interest:
How One Man Could Obliterate Obamacare  —  Why an MIT health economist who was one of the health-care law's architects could cause its utter destruction.  —  For five years, Republicans have been searching for the perfect messenger to speak out against Obamacare.  —  They have finally found him.
Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
Washington Cathedral's first Muslim prayer service interrupted by heckler  —  In a corner of Washington National Cathedral, several hundred Muslim worshipers and other invited guests gathered Friday afternoon for a first-ever recitation of weekly Muslim prayers at the iconic Christian sanctuary …
Ralph Ellis / CNN:
Declared dead, 91-year-old woman wakes up 11 hours later in funeral home  —  (CNN) — Never underestimate the healing power of a good nap.  —  A 91-year-old woman in Poland was declared dead November 6 and sent to a funeral home, only to wake up 11 hours later in cold storage, CNN's Polish affiliate TVN reported.
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Kathryn Schroeder / opposingviews.com/homepage.xml:
Tombstones Discovered In Backyard Of Family's New Home  —  A family's new home in Riverbank, Sacramento, came with an unexpected surprise: Tombstones in the backyard.  —  The Buenrostro family planned a day of yard clean-up, but they found more than weeds in an overgrown garden area.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The billionaire on Snowden, Twitter, and why competition is overrated
USA Today:
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Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg View:
Hillary Clinton May Have a Job for John Podesta
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Jeff Dunetz / “The Lid”:
Two CNBC Alums Say Network Mgmt. Stopped Them From Telling Truth About Obamacare & Obamanomics
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Michael Mandel / Washington Post:
Obama's plan to regulate the Internet would do more harm than good
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Women who have sex before marriage are like ‘filthy dishrags,’ California pastor roars
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The Hill:
Shutdown talk grows in GOP
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